jazz band requirements

Grissom High School Jazz Band Requirements

Audition material for the current high school students will be posted in March or early April each year. You will be required to play some jazz scales, etudes and play along with a background and some jazz improvisation. You are to record all of the audition materials as an MP3 file and email it in to Mr. Vernon grissomhsb@gmail.com. Be sure your name is in the email so we know who you are!

Incoming 9th Graders or Middle School Students

To be a rhythm section member of one of Grissom's Jazz bands, you will be required to audition and play some jazz blues scales, etudes and play along with a jazz recording. All of this material is available below. You are to record all of the audition materials as an MP3 file and email it in to Mr. Vernon grissomhsb@gmail.com. Be sure your name is in the email so we know who you are!

Requirements for incoming 9th graders:

Saxophone – Trumpet – TromboneOpen enrollment for all 9th grade students that play the above wind instruments!

All Rhythm Section players must send in an audition recording MP3 file. The requirements are listed below. All orange text are files are links to use.